The sellers were members of the Graves family.
The Mays are perhaps best known for their long-standing ownership of various downtown Nashville properties and their failed attempt more than a decade ago to build the proposed May Town Center, which would have offered office, retail and residential buildings on Bells Bend (read
Itâs worth noting that neither Metro officials nor many Joelton and Scottsboro residents were particularly receptive to the Maysâ desire to undertake May Town Center, citing traffic concerns among other issues. The massive mixed-use development would have required, the Mays contended, a bridge spanning the Cumberland River and connecting Bells Bend to the city (specifically, Charlotte Park). Metro said it would not provide funding for the bridge.